Panchkula: Police Commissioner Pankaj Nain Thursday held a meeting with RWA representatives and announced a phased verification drive for street vendors, hawkers, cart vendors and delivery personnel across Panchkula to strengthen security.Vendors will be issued unique identification numbers for their carts and vehicles, while delivery staff will undergo police verification.The meeting also decided to install…
Mosquito larvae were found at several locations, prompting authorities to issue notices Panchkula: With the onset of the monsoon and the heightened risk of vector-borne diseases, the Panchkula health department has intensified preventive measures by deploying 790 Domestic Breeder Checker (DBC) volunteers for door-to-door inspections to identify mosquito breeding sites across the district.During inspections, mosquito…
Panchkula: Panchkula traffic police impounded a motorcycle and issued a Rs 33,000 challan after finding it fitted with a modified silencer, flashing lights, unauthorised stickers and being driven without a number plate or valid documents.During a special checking drive, police found the rider displaying a prominent ‘Sarpanch’ sticker, along with a cobra sticker, illegal lights…
Panchkula: The MC has drawn up a detailed sanitation plan to develop ward 4 as a ‘Model Cleanliness Ward’, aimed at improving civic services and maintaining high standards of hygiene.Under the plan, all streets in ward 4 — covering Sectors 9 and 10 — will be swept at least three times a week. Daily lifting…
Panchkula: As part of the Haryana Uday initiative, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini will interact with NGOs and representatives of chemist associations from across the state at Indradhanush Auditorium in Sector 5, Panchkula, on July 11 to strengthen public participation in the Drug-Free Haryana campaign.Deputy commissioner Satpal Sharma Thursday reviewed preparations for the programme and…
Mayor Saurabh Joshi interacts with representatives of employees’ and workers’ unions at the MC office on Thursday Chandigarh: Mayor Saurabh Joshi Thursday met representatives of various employees’ and workers’ unions, who submitted memorandums highlighting long-pending service-related and welfare issues.The unions raised concerns over the timely disbursal of salaries, pensions and retirement benefits, medical reimbursement, compassionate…
Pedestrians & Bikers Top Fatalities; Speeding, Drink Driving Main Causes Chandigarh: The city witnessed a total of 96 road accidents including 42 fatal accidents in which 46 people lost their lives in six months of this year. Police data shows 78 people were injured in 54 non-fatal accidents. However, In 2025, 45 people died in…
Chandigarh: UT police arrested a Maloya resident with 9.7 grams of heroin during a checking drive Thursday. The accused, Deepak Kumar of EWS Colony, allegedly tried to flee after spotting a police team near a govt school but was chased and apprehended. A case under the NDPS Act was registered. He was produced before a…
Chairing the fifth meeting of the Wetland Authority, Chandigarh, at Lok Bhawan, Kataria reviewed the progress of ongoing conservation initiatives and stressed the need for integrated management of the wetland, considered one of the region’s most important ecological assets Chandigarh: With the Sukhna wetland facing growing ecological challenges, Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand…
Chandigarh: Chandigarh’s battle against air pollution appears to be turning a corner, with the city recording cleaner air for the second consecutive year, according to data released by the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC).The city’s annual average Air Quality Index (AQI) moved from 152 in 2024 — sitting in the mid-range of the moderate category…
